LinuxCNC on Linux Mint 20 quick and nearly easy install

hottabich wrote:

tommylight wrote:

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
 
And how does it help me?

The above needs to be typed in a terminal

The repository was added earlier. But deb packages from Buildboot need Python 3.7.  Writes can be updated and does not update.

Thanks for your attention, I've seen and tried this. Some forum members update linuxcnc every day but don't share how. I think it is necessary through python env like django but I do not have enough knowledge.

I know I am reviving an old thread but I very much want to get Linuxcnc working on Linux Mint. Everything went well for me, but I need kernel headers for my wifi dongle to work. It is unable to find my headers. I followed the instruction for installing kernel headers but got caught by a circular dependency… gcc-6 requires cpp-6 and cpp-6 needs gcc-6 so I can install neither and therefore can’t get my the wifi drivers to recognize the 4.9 kernel headers. Thank you!

AryaNakh wrote:

I know I am reviving an old thread but I very much want to get Linuxcnc working on Linux Mint. Everything went well for me, but I need kernel headers for my wifi dongle to work. It is unable to find my headers. I followed the instruction for installing kernel headers but got caught by a circular dependency… gcc-6 requires cpp-6 and cpp-6 needs gcc-6 so I can install neither and therefore can’t get my the wifi drivers to recognize the 4.9 kernel headers. Thank you!

As much as I love mint, it is way too far behind with Python versions etc when compared with Debian (which is the official distro Linuxcnc is built for).
UNnortunately, I had to throw mint out over 12 months ago.

Life will be  a lot easier if you adopt  Debian. Testing (aka bookworm) has Linuxcnc as a package that can be installed with sudo apt install linuxcnc-uspace and a much wider range of modern hardware is supported.